A customer walks into Trig's in Stevens Point on Tuesday. The grocery store, located at 1600 Academy Ave., annually runs specials on items like pizza and soda before the contest gets underway.

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Nathan Vine
Stevens Point Journal Media

Local businesses are lining up to take advantage of the throngs of Trivia players who will be looking this weekend to stock up on supplies, order pizzas for a hungry team, or drag themselves into a hotel room for a few hours of restless sleep.

Trivia 45 kicks off at 6 p.m. Friday and runs for 54 straight hours until midnight Sunday. About 12,000 players on 400 teams will take part in the contest, with thousands of them coming into the Stevens Point area to take part.

Melissa Sabel, communications manager with the Stevens Point Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, said many players arrange to stay with ...